Ny History

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LANDMARK HISTORY OF NEW YORK

Written by Ulmann, Albert
In a city like New York, governed by a spirit of tearing down and rebuilding at short intervals of time, it is not surprising that landmarks have been destroyed and that old places have been in danger of losing their historical associations.
January 30, 2017 | Paperback | Marula |
$21.99
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HUDSON VALLEY: THE FIRST 250 MILLION YEARS: A MOSTLY CHRONOLOGICAL AND OCCASIONALLY PERSONAL HISTORY

Written by Levine, David
From the dinosaurs and the glaciers to the first native peoples and the first European settlers, from Dutch and English Colonial rule to the American Revolution, from the slave society to the Civil War, from the robber barons and bootleggers to the war heroes and the happy rise of craft beer pubs, the Hudson Valley has a deep history.
March 1, 2023 | Paperback | Globe Pequot Press |
$19.95
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GANGSTERS AND GOODFELLAS: THE MOB, WITNESS PROTECTION, AND LIFE ON THE RUN

Written by Hill, Henry
"At the age of twelve, my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world." -Henry Hill When Henry Hill entered the Witness Protection Program, he was certain that his criminal days had finally come to an end. He was wrong.
March 1, 2023 | Paperback | Lyons Press |
$19.95
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JUSTICE FOR SALE: GRAFT, GREED, AND A CROOKED FEDERAL JUDGE IN 1930S GOTHAM

Written by Stein, Gary
Martin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton was considered the highest-ranking judge in the United States after the nine Justices of the Supreme Court, and was nearly appointed to that august body in 1922.
July 1, 2023 | Hardcover | Lyons Press | 440 Pages |
$35.00
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ROOTS OF URBAN RENAISSANCE: GENTRIFICATION AND THE STRUGGLE OVER HARLEM, EXPANDED EDITION

Written by Goldstein, Brian D
An acclaimed history of Harlem's journey from urban crisis to urban renaissance With its gleaming shopping centers and refurbished row houses, today's Harlem bears little resemblance to the neighborhood of the midcentury urban crisis.
March 14, 2023 | Paperback | Princeton University Press |
$22.95
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ON CHRISTOPHER STREET: LIFE, SEX, AND DEATH AFTER STONEWALL

Written by Denneny, Michael
Through the eyes of publishing icon Michael Denneny, this cultural autobiography traces the evolution of the US's queer community in the three decades post-Stonewall. The Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s have been captured in minute detail, and rightly memorialized in books, on tv, and in film as pivotal and powerful moments in queer history.
March 17, 2023 | Paperback | University of Chicago Press |
$22.50
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NYC STREET POETS & VISIONARIES

A secret history of New York as told through classified ads and advertising posters salvaged from the city's streets
May 16, 2023 | Hardcover | Jbe Books | 500 Pages |
$50.00
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KIBBITZ AND NOSH: WHEN WE ALL MET AT DUBROW'S CAFETERIA

Written by Halperin, Marcia Bricker
On a winter's day in the mid-1970s the photographer Marcia Bricker Halperin sought warm refuge and, camera in hand, passed through the revolving doors of Dubrow's Cafeteria on Kings Highway. There, between the magical mirrored walls and steaming coffee urns, she found herself as if on a theater set, looking out at a tableau of memorable Brooklyn faces.
May 15, 2023 | Hardcover | Three Hills | 152 Pages |
$34.95
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RAVING

Written by Wark, McKenzie
What is an art of life for what feels like the end of a world? In Raving McKenzie Wark takes readers into the undisclosed locations of New York's thriving underground queer and trans rave scene. Techno, first and always a Black music, invites fresh sonic and temporal possibilities for this era of diminishing futures.
March 14, 2023 | Paperback | Duke University Press |
$15.95
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GOD IN GOTHAM: THE MIRACLE OF RELIGION IN MODERN MANHATTAN

Written by Butler, Jon
"Are you there, God? It's me, Manhattan...Butler...argues that far from being a Sodom on the Hudson, New York was a center of religious dynamism throughout the 20th century."--Wall Street Journal "What a pleasure it is to take a tour of Manhattan's sacred past led by one of the nation's preeminent religious historians."
March 7, 2023 | Paperback | Belknap Press |
$19.95

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